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| Foreign Journalists Held Amid Backlash By Zimbabwe Government, Ruling Party |
| 2008-04-05 |
| Though stripped of its majority in Zimbabwe's lower house of parliament, the closely intertwined government of President Robert Mugabe and his ruling ZANU-PF party gave indications of lashing back at the ascendant opposition and other targets. The Zimbabwe Peace Project, a non-governmental organization, Friday said there has been a surge in violence against opposition members since the March 29 election. A statement issued by the Peace Project said it had documented cases of opposition members being harassed and intimidated by police for publicly celebrating the house victory by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. It said ZANU-PF officials and liberation war veterans have unleashed terror on opposition activists. |
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